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In this photo provided by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards sticking a large pin in a mural of Louisiana’s coast, in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, to show the location of the Maurepas Swamp. A council created to allocate money from water pollution fines paid after the… Read More
For ports, terminals and stakeholders along two of the South’s major waterways, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2020 work plan, released February 10, marks a major milestone in the campaign to deepen ship channels to 50 feet. The Corps’ 2020 work plan includes $85.35 million to initiate the first phase of deepening the Mississippi… Read More
The Town of Fort Myers Beach is bringing on a consultant to study the erosion of the beach specifically in the area near Bowditch Point Park to Lynn Hall Park. The study is the first step in the laying the groundwork for an application to the county for funds to conduct beach restoration as has… Read More
The multi-pronged project, anticipated to cost at least $2 million, is set to start near the end of the month and could be completed in about 30 days. DESTIN – After almost two years-worth of delays, the dredging of sand that clogs up the East Pass navigation channel next to Destin is about to get… Read More
Amid a deadline this week for the city of Hamilton to come up with a plan for the remediation of Chedoke Creek, a city study is suggesting against the dredging of sludge from a 24 billion-litre spill. An update from the city’s public works department on Thursday says recent testing of the creek shows the… Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers released its allocations for the Donor and Energy Transfer Ports in its Operation and Maintenance Work Plan (released 10 February 2020). “Congress and the Army Corps of Engineers continue to follow recent past precedence in allocating important funding for harbors and waterways that are considered energy transfer and donor ports,”… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Work Plan this week (10 February 2020). Below includes highlights of specific operation, maintenance and navigation dredging projects in the United States funded through the O&M account this year (2020). This is not an exhaustive listing, be sure to review the actual O&M… Read More
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, received an $18.225 million boost for fiscal 2020, including funds for oyster restoration, study of Baltimore Harbor improvements and more. This funding is through the 2020 Work Plan, published Feb. 10, 2020, for the Army Civil Works Program, which is Congressionally authorized funding specifically for… Read More
A bulldozer operator waits to be picked up after his machine ran into soft sand and slid down an embankment at the dredge de-watering pond being used in the Outermost Harbor dredging project. No one was hurt and the bulldozer was pulled out of the water, cleaned up and is back in operation. SPENCER KENNARD… Read More
Independent/Gordon M. Grant The federal government is spreading the love this Valentine’s Day. A dredge has finally been positioned west of the Shinnecock Inlet near the east end of Dune Road in Hampton Bays to rebuild the beach that has been repeatedly washed away during recent storms. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a… Read More
“The Army Civil Works FY 2021 budget focuses on investments that enhance and protect our nation’s water-related infrastructure and resources through partnerships and innovative programs that improve project delivery to provide cost savings,” said The Honorable Rickey D. (R.D.) James, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The President’s Budget for… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on the March 29, 2019 incident in which the heavy lift vessel MV Hawk slammed into an electrical test barge at Ingalls Shipbuilding, pushing the barge into the newbuild destroyer USS Delbert Black (DDG 119). The MV Hawk, which was delivering a Chinese built… Read More
While President Donald Trump’s budget released Monday proposed cuts to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in 2021 and beyond, Army Corps the same day delivered to Congress its fiscal year 2020 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program with a list of specific projects that will receive funding. “I am very happy to… Read More
PETALUMA, CA — Federal funding to the tune of $9.7 million has been allotted for the long-awaited dredging of the Petaluma River, U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman announced this week. The Democratic congressman from San Rafael also said Monday that $1.3 million has been set aside for preparation of the San Rafael Canal for dredging. “Local… Read More
The FY21 budget provides $0 for construction of ongoing priority navigation projects cost-shared through the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF); cuts funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Mission by 22% ($5.967 billion, a $1.7 billion decrease from the FY20 enacted level); and proposes $1.8 million in new user fees on commercial… Read More